India

While many West Bengal residents who could not go to their local markets for weeks during lockdown were happy when chief minister Mamata Banerjee decided to ease the restrictions from May 15, the skyrocketing prices have upset buyers.

Patnaik claimed many powerful nations and rich Indian states have been unable to manage the situation, but Odisha has successfully contained the spread of the disease over the last two months.

Till Wednesday, of the 182 deaths reported, the maximum 33 were from Agra, 23 from Meerut and 15 were from Aligarh alone.

Ahmedabad alone reported 256 new coronavirus cases, Surat 34 and Vadodara 29, out of a total of 19 districts that reported new cases on Wednesday.

An official said contact tracing of other staffers is currently on. He also said that the staff who came in contact of the staffer has been asked to home quarantine.

This is the first meeting of the Parliamentary committee after the imposition of the lockdown on March 25 to contain the spread of coronavirus.

The incident happened at around 5 pm in an agriculture field located in Papannapet mandal of the district when the boy was walking with his grandfather and father.

The key accused, 26, had spiked the girl's soft drink last year and then raped her at her rented accommodation while his friend, 21, recorded the video of the episode, they said.

More than 100 'tiger widows' of the Satjelia block in Gosaba area who had lost their spouses to endangered Royal Bengal Tigers of Sunderbans in the last 15 years also have similar stories of despair to share.

The flight was operated on May 25, when domestic flight services resumed after remaining grounded for two months due to the nationwide lockdown to prevent spreading of coronavirus infections.

During the investigation, cops found that they 'acted negligently in a way that was likely to spread infection of disease dangerous to life'.

The Union Home Secretary said it has been brought to the notice of the ministry that Indian nationals who were quarantined in hotels after their return from abroad were made to pay in advance for 14 days.

Speaking to reporters after meeting Chief Minister B S Yediyurappa, he said the plan is to allow all 'sevas' (rituals) at the temples once they open, but depending on the situation, they may limit it to a few.

A bench headed by Justice Ashok Bhushan took suo motu cognisance of the issues relating to migrant workers and sought a response from Solicitor General Tushar Mehta.

The pandemic and the lockdown it has induced has affected all of our lives. The 'new normal' would witness entirely different scenarios at work, in public spaces and also in our homes.

The review meeting was the latest in a series of such consultations held in the last two weeks as India weighs its options to respond to the latest provocation at the border by China.